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Scientist at work in the Millennium Seed Bank vault

Organisational structure, Staff and Heads of Department

Staff level is currently around 800, plus a large emeritus group of honorary research fellows and associates, students and other associated scientists. The staff have a diverse range of expertise, operational and management skills. Some 60% are specialist plant and fungal scientists and botanical horticulturists.

In addition we have the capacity for providing education, training and advice on conservation and sustainable use of plants and fungi, and expertise on the maintenance of historical landscapes and buildings.

Executive Directorate

Director: Richard Deverell

Directorates

Business and Corporate Services
Conservation, Living Collections & Estates
Foundation and Friends of RGB Kew
Herbarium, Library, Art and Archives
Jodrell Laboratory
Public Engagement and Learning

Business and Corporate Services

Director, Business and Corporate Services: Jill McLaughlin

Legal and Governance

Looks after legal and contractual issues, and the procedures which ensure the smooth operation of the governing bodies of the organisation.

Head of Legal and Governance: Diane Scott

Finance

Maintains all the required statutory accounting records and provides management accounts and financial information to the other departments as necessary, and provides the sound basis for financial planning.

Head of Finance: Peter Smith

Human Resources

Responsible for personnel management, training and development, and handles staff pay and conditions of service.

Head of Human Resources: Elizabeth Smith

Information Technology

Chief Information Officer: David Ivell

RBG Kew Enterprises

The Enterprises company manages operations which are primarily commercial. It covenants its profits to Kew, an arrangement envisaged within the National Heritage Act.

Head of Commercial Activities: Jonathan Marks

Kew Innovation Unit

Director of Kew Innovation Unit: Monique Simmonds

Conservation, Living Collections and Estates

Director, Conservation, Living Collections & Estates: Professor Tim Entwisle

Seed Conservation (Millennium Seed Bank)

Seed Conservation is home to the Millennium Seed Bank Partnership which aims to facilitate the conservation of 10% of the world's flowering plants as seed by 2010. In addition to their seed banking activity, department staff are involved in various research and technology projects on seed storage, germination and diagnostics.

Head of Seed Conservation: Dr Paul Smith

Horticulture and Public Experience

Curates the collection of living plants and provides integrated education and interpretation based on this world-leading resource. The Department supports the organisation's science, conservation and visitor programmes. The living collections are housed within the historical landscapes and buildings at Kew and Wakehurst Place.

Head of Arboretum and Horticultural Services: Tony Kirkham
Head of Great Glasshouses and Training: Greg Redwood
Head of Hardy Display: Richard Wilford (covering for Kath Smith)

Wakehurst

Head of Wakehurst Place: Andy Jackson

Estates

Provides all the services necessary to plan, maintain and improve a complex and demanding estate, which includes 42 listed buildings, and supervises the work undertaken by contractors.

Head of Estates: David Holroyd

The Conventions and Policies Team (CAPS)

Head of CAPS: Noel McGough

The Foundation and Friends of RBG Kew

The Foundation and Friends has the objective of raising funds for Kew from various sources including corporate donors and sponsors. It also manages Kew's Friends membership scheme.

Director of Development, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew: Michael Murphy

Herbarium, Library, Art and Archives

Conducts research on plant resource inventories, produces manuals for identifying the plants concerned, and works with the other science departments to prepare classifications capable of predicting the likely distribution of useful properties and evolutionary relationships.

Acting Keeper (Director) of the Herbarium, Library, Art and Archives: Dr Dave Simpson
Assistant Keeper and Head of Library, Art and Archives: Christopher Mills
Acting Assistant Keeper and Head of Systematics: Dr Bill Baker
Assistant Keeper and Head of Biodiversity, Information and Conventions: Dr Alan Paton
Assistant Keeper and Head of Regional Teams and Curation: Dr Rogier de Kok

Jodrell Laboratory

Undertakes pure and applied research on anatomy, biochemistry, cytogenetics, molecular systematics, biosystematics, plant physiology and mycology.

Keeper of the Jodrell Laboratory: Professor Mark Chase FRS
Deputy Keeper of the Jodrell Laboratory: Professor Monique Simmonds
Head Of Science Policy Professor Simon Owens

Public Engagement and Learning

Director, Public Engagement and Learning: Professor Angela McFarlane

Communications

Formulates and implements our policy on marketing, promotion, events, information and enquiries, press and public relations.

Head of Public Relations: Anna Quenby

Content and Learning

Head of Media Resources and Publishing: Gina Fullerlove
Head of Schools and Families Programme: Christine Newton

Related organisations

Bentham-Moxon Trust

The Bentham-Moxon Trust was set up to provide financial support for botanical collections and research that further the work of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.